Category: schools

Education or Indoctrination? Loudoun County, Virginia, Is the Latest Tinderbox

Parents of Loudoun County Public Schools in Virginia are in uproar over the school board’s push to indoctrinate rather than educate students. Loudoun County has become a bit of a tinderbox and microcosm of what is happening in schools all across the country, and we are starting to see some pushback in what could be…


California Must Ban Critical Race Theory Indoctrination

Commentary The only way to advance change in California is through initiatives. That’s why, to ban the odious critical race theory (CRT) indoctrination sessions in all public institutions, a statewide initiative is needed. California now is a one-party state, like North Korea or Communist China. But we do have recourse to referendums, initiatives and recalls….


Parents Sue LA School District Over COVID Mandates for Children

The Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) is being sued by parents concerned about mask mandates and obligatory COVID-19 testing for the coming school year. The lawsuit, filed June 22 by Southern California law firm Tyler and Bursch LLP and Children’s Health Defense California, seeks to prohibit the LAUSD and county officials from imposing the COVID-19 related…


Tustin School Board Emails Ignite Critical Race Theory Concerns

Parents of children in the Tustin Unified School District (TUSD) say they’re frustrated after the school board’s emails exacerbated their fears of critical race theory (CRT) being taught in schools. After a group of about 20 parents learned their children were given a “white savior assignment” and “healthy kids” survey—which they claimed contain elements of CRT—without their knowledge, they submitted a public records…


New York State No Longer Requires Masks in Schools, Camps

New York will no longer mandate masks in K-12 schools and camps statewide starting on Monday, with the decision on whether to keep the requirement to be left to local districts, barring any guidance otherwise from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). New York City public schools—the largest school system in the United…


Irvine Parents Outraged Over Political Bias in High School Yearbook

Controversy has erupted in Irvine, California, over political content published in a high school yearbook that some parents claim is biased in favor of President Joe Biden and Democratic causes. Irvine parent David Whitley told The Epoch Times that content published in the yearbook shows overt political bias and urged more parents to stand up…


LA School District Will Offer Full-Day, On-Campus Instruction This Fall

LOS ANGELES—Los Angeles Unified will offer all students the choice of returning to full-time instruction on campus this fall, although distance learning will also be available, school district officials announced May 24. Superintendent Austin Beutner said he expects the vast majority of students, teachers and staff to be at school every day starting in August,…


County in Indiana First in State to Bar School Resource Officers From Carrying Guns

A school board in Indiana this week voted to bar school resource officers (SROs) from carrying guns, the first such rule in the state. The Monroe County Community School Corporation’s Board of Trustees made the decision after two members delivered monologues against guns, including one who falsely claimed that no school resource officer in the U.S….


Utah Legislature Passes Bill Prohibiting Mask Requirements in Public Schools, Universities

The Utah legislature on Wednesday night approved a measure that bans public schools and universities from enforcing mask mandates in the next school year. House Bill 1007, according to its text, “prohibits a face covering requirement to participate in or attend instruction, activities or any other place on the school campus or facilities in the…


Orange County Parents Hold ‘Mask Off’ Rally

COSTA MESA, Calif.—About 350 parents and children gathered in front of the Orange County Department of Education (OCDE) May 17 to protest schools mandating students to wear masks in classrooms. Kids bustled and played, splashing in puddles, while their parents held signs saying “Unmask our children,” and “just say no to masks.” One child could held a cardboard sign that read…